A 21-year-old man who tried to enter a Borders racecourse while in possession of cocaine has been fined £350, the first of 10 people arrested for drugs offences at Kelso Races’ Ladies’ Day on May 27 to appear in court.

Following last week’s suspected arson attack on a brand new playground in Galashiels, council convener David Parker has said that the local authority was looking into the possibility of installing CCTV.

The father of the tragic boy the new playpark in Galashiels Public Park is named after is calling for security cameras to be installed there following what appears to have been an arson attack on the £290,000 facility.